The PebbleCreek Desert Diamonds women’s softball team has committed to league play with teams from Sun City West and Sun City Grand, and kicked off their debut season on Nov. 19. Their next scheduled play will be Saturday, Dec. 10, participating in a Round Robin Tournament held at Liberty Field in Sun City West, with…
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Front Page, December 2022
PCSSA’s 28th Season Gets Underway
Fred Dresser On Saturday, Oct. 22, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) began its 28th season of play with 22 teams and more than 250 players, managers, coaches, and assistants. Twenty-eight years of softball and it seems that it was only yesterday that a group of guys approached Ed Robson and convinced him that “if he…
Sports, November 2022
PCSSA 28th Season Starts to Ramp Up
Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) started to prepare for the 28th season back in August, with a complete infield makeover and new sod placed around the perimeter of the infield. The Robson Field of Dreams is all dressed up and ready to go. The PCSSA has grown to 22 teams and 242…
Sports, August 2022
Senior Softball Pickup Games Now Being Played
Fred Dresser It would seem logical that after playing 60-plus games during the fall/winter and spring seasons that the PCSSA softball players would want a break from softball. Apparently, there are not many logical softball players because after a two-week hiatus from the diamond, there were players who couldn’t wait to play some good old…
Sports, July 2022
PCSSA Receives Instruction from Retired Major League Ballplayers
Fred Dresser Arizona Public Service (APS) conducts clinics with retired major league ballplayers that focus on hitting, throwing, and fielding. They did so with 60-plus of our PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) players at the Robson Field of Dreams on Monday, May 16. The retired major league players who conducted these clinics were: * Leon…
Sports, May 2022
PebbleCreek Senior Softball’s 27th Season Comes to an End
Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association’s (PCSSA) 27th season is now in the books. This 27th season saw the league grow to 19 teams, and consequently the league was split into two divisions called the American League that consisted of eight teams and the National League that had a total of 11 teams. A…
Front Page, May 2022
PCSSA Celebrates the End of the 27th Season
Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) celebrated the end of their 27th season at the Robson Field of Dreams as 300-plus ball players, significant others, and team sponsors attended the end of season celebration. It’s hard to believe that PebbleCreek Senior Softball started way back in 1995 with just two teams and 21…
Sports, April 2022
Softball Fall/Winter Season Winds Down and the Spring Season Heats Up
Fred Dresser The 27th season is winding down, and what a season it has been. This was the first season in the history of this great league where the league was split into two separate leagues. The American League consisted of eight teams while the National League had 11 teams. Competitive games were played in…
Front Page, April 2022
PCSSA Ladies Own the Diamond
Jay Sabatello On Sunday, Feb. 27, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) ladies owned the Field of Dreams Diamond as they put on a display of hitting and fielding to win both ends of a double-header against a respectable ladies’ team from Sun City. Your PCSSA team utilized the services of two pitchers, Jerry McGee and…
Sports, March 2022
All Roads Lead to PebbleCreek Senior Softball
Fred Dresser Previous articles have informed you that the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) started their 27th season in October 2021. The PCSSA also remembers those who played the game before us by honoring them on our Memorial Wall. Each player in the PCSSA traveled many roads before landing here at the Robson Field of…